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Mathew Woodwark

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Head of Standards and Interoperability, R&D Data Office at AstraZeneca
📍 Greater Cambridge Area, United Kingdom

Mathew is the Head of Data Standards and Interoperability at AstraZeneca, leveraging his extensive experience in BioPharma and informatics to drive data-centric approaches in R&D. A Ph. D. graduate from Swansea University, he is recognized by peers as a creative "ideas guy who can actually implement" and a strong champion for applying genomics to drug discovery.

There is no publicly available information regarding Mathews personal life or hobbies outside of his professional work in the biopharmaceutical industry.

He represents AstraZeneca as a Board Member for the Pistoia Alliance, a group focused on precompetitive collaboration to advance life sciences R&D.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Head of Standards and Interoperability, R&D Data Office
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Cambridge Area, United Kingdom
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Priorities

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FAIR Data Principles
A frequent speaker on making data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) to automate processes and drive novel discovery within AstraZeneca.
AI in Drug Development
Focuses on building the data foundations required for analytics-ready data to enable machine learning and responsible GenAI adoption for R&D use cases like determining dosage.
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Career

Work history

4-2023
Head of Standards and Interoperability, R&D Data Office
AstraZeneca
5-2019 - 4-2023
Head of Data, Infrastructure and Tools, Data Science and AI
AstraZeneca
6-2015 - 5-2019
Director of Research Bioinformatics
MedImmune
9-2011 - 6-2015
Director of R&D Informatics
MedImmune
12-2007 - 6-2015
Director of Knowledge and Information Management
MedImmune
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Media appearances

Democratising data – from “No” to “Know”. Featured in AstraZeneca – What Science Can Do
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Education
1989 - 1992
Ph.D.
Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe
1985 - 1988
B.Sc.
University of Sussex
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